Category Archives: Gender

Manly No More

Critique, Feminism, Gender, Human Accomplishment

“‘A new study has found a ‘substantial’ drop in U.S. men’s testosterone levels since the 1980s.’ The average levels of the male hormone have been dropping by an astounding 1 percent a year. A 65-year-old in 1987 would have had testosterone levels 15 percent higher than those of a 65-year-old in 2002. Aging, slouched, pony-tailed hippies, everywhere apparent, look more flaccid, because they are more flaccid…

Is it at all possible that the feminization of society over the past 20 to 30 years is changing males, body and mind? Could the subliminal stress involved in sublimating one’s essential nature be producing less manly men?

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is a delicate homeostatic feedback system, intricately involved in regulating hormones and stress. Has it become the axis of evil in the war on men?

Just asking…”

The excerpt is from my new WorldNetDaily column, “Manly No More.”

Fem's Feral Fangs Exposed

Feminism, Gender, Media

My column tonight is about MAC’s new mug. To those who want to watch the object of my philippic, knock yourself out. But be warned: it’s ugly (tonight’s column will salve, I promise). In any event, the unpleasant sub-topic of my column being ugly mouths, I’ve noticed that so many American women are cursed with those. If it’s not “misshapen, bulbous lips,” acquired in the rooms of plastic surgeons, to quote my forthcoming column, then it’s a snarling upper lip stretched over exposed teeth, so that while the woman yaps, her fangs are exposed like those of a feral animal. Now I’m not talking about the commendable American attention to dentitionyou know, that Austin Powers look. (Here are some amusing comments about the “Anglo-American dental gap.”) That’s a good thing; a function of our wealth. What I’m speaking of is a kind of deformity of facial bones, really, or at least an unappealing feature, conjuring painter Willem de Kooning’s portrayals. Paula Zahn, Monica Crawley, Sheryl Crow (who seems as sweet as she is untalented), Margaret Carlson, and many otherswatch them speak. They struggle to zip their lips over their (formidably big) teeth when talking.

Fem’s Feral Fangs Exposed

Feminism, Gender, Media

My column tonight is about MAC’s new mug. To those who want to watch the object of my philippic, knock yourself out. But be warned: it’s ugly (tonight’s column will salve, I promise). In any event, the unpleasant sub-topic of my column being ugly mouths, I’ve noticed that so many American women are cursed with those. If it’s not “misshapen, bulbous lips,” acquired in the rooms of plastic surgeons, to quote my forthcoming column, then it’s a snarling upper lip stretched over exposed teeth, so that while the woman yaps, her fangs are exposed like those of a feral animal. Now I’m not talking about the commendable American attention to dentitionyou know, that Austin Powers look. (Here are some amusing comments about the “Anglo-American dental gap.”) That’s a good thing; a function of our wealth. What I’m speaking of is a kind of deformity of facial bones, really, or at least an unappealing feature, conjuring painter Willem de Kooning’s portrayals. Paula Zahn, Monica Crawley, Sheryl Crow (who seems as sweet as she is untalented), Margaret Carlson, and many otherswatch them speak. They struggle to zip their lips over their (formidably big) teeth when talking.

Updated: BAB Letter of the Week By Rick

Barely A Blog, Feminism, Gender, Law

Letter of the Week is a feature I’ll endeavor to keep up on Barely a Blog, depending on reader input. In response to “Run, Little Man, If You Can,” Rick, a long-time reader, shares his agonizing experience:

The “war on fathers” has never addressed the real culprit here: The Family Court System and its unlimited corruption. With the cooperation of the legal and mental health communities, they, daily, separate caring and loving fathers from their precious children. In my case, the mother left with another woman and my child and I were put on therapy. Is this a sick society or what? Furthermore, when I complained to the judge about the therapy, I was put an “anger management,” where they do whatever it takes to turn you into a sissy they can easily manipulate. “False and malicious allegations” is another tool they use frequently to destroy fathers and deny children their right to a loving father.

It’s a very sick society we live in and we want the world to be like us?

—RICK

Update: Rick writes:

Miss Mercer, I am honored to be a weekly recipient of your updates. I’d like to expand on the subject below. It may help someone going through the hoops to eliminate some of the unwanted and unpleasant headaches, like doing your homework before you hire an attorney. It may save you tens of thousands of dollars.
Thanks again, and keep up your great work.

The “War on Fathers” is a subject I personally know very well. As a divorce man and another victim of the Family Courts, the legal and the mental health communities and everybody else in this “boys club,” committed to destroying families. Regarding “false and malicious allegations” against a father, which they bring with the sole purpose of getting the upper hand in custody cases and ruining the father’s life in the process: For 8 long years and after seven very unethical attorneys, I proved my innocence and was able to see my precious daughter once again. Today, she is a very well balanced young lady (let’s hope it stays that way), soon entering high school, a straight-A student and very proud of her daddy.

Last year, for a school project, she wrote an essay on “My Daddy’s Courage”. When I read it, it broke my heart. NO CHILD ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD should ever be exposed to what our precious children are exposed to in America. It’s a sin, a disgrace and we should ALL be ashamed for it. The mother, at the time, was deeply involved with a married woman and moved over two hundred miles away, taking my daughter with her, without a Court Order. Needles to say, her move was later approved by the Courts, without taking into consideration the fact that we had signed a “Joint Custody Agreement” a month earlier. How can a woman inflict so much pain and sorrow on her own flesh and blood is way beyond me. Unfortunately, they do so, with the full cooperation of the Family Courts System, the legal and mental health communities. May God have mercy on us.

—Rick
South Florida.